Vacuum-cleaner handle.



G/OLEMENTS.

VACUUM CLEANER HANDLE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 12, 1913.

Patented June 30, 191i STATES GEORGE CLEMENTS. OF CHICAGO. ILLINOIS.

- vacuum-CLEANER HANDLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 30, 1914.

Application filed November 12, 1.913. Serial No. 300.454.

'1' all who! it may concern:

Be it known that I, Gnome CLEMENTS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago. in the. county of Cook and State of lllinois, haveinvented a certain new and useful lmprovemenl in VaculunCleaner Handles,of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in vacuum cleaner handles and isillustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure l is alongitudinal section; Fig. 2, a plan view of the same with parts brokenaway; and Fig. 3, a detail cross section along line 33 of yig. 1.

Like parts are indicated by the same letter in all the figures.

A is a handle rod preferably of wood.

B is a roove on the lower side thereof through ndiich the conductors C Cfor the motor are led.

I) is a larger groove in the upper part of the handle to give room forthe conductors (l (l and also for the inleading conductors pression Pand aperture Q. Within this tubular part is the tubular switch casingcomposed of the parts S S held together by the tubular portion G. Withinthe swith casing is a switch the-thumb pieces T T of which are all thatis illustrated. The switch may be of any desired form and the connectionbetween it and the conductors may be made in any desired manner.

' U is a screw bolt screw-threaded to engage" the screw threads in thepart L, and V is a recess in the end of the handle to receive the I headof the screw bolt.

W is an ornamental bead on the end of the handle.

It will be understood that this drawing is more or less diagrammatic orat least intended, as an illustration of the invention without beingintended to limit the to the precise form, proportion and arrangement ofthe parts, for all this may be con:-;iderably altered without departingfrom th pieces 'l to project, it will b obvious that the switch case.with the associated parts could not be inserted in the tubular casing Gif the latter were integral. By separating the two parts of thisconnector casing the switch may be brought into position its parts Tprojecting through theholes Q Q in the enlargement of the connectorcasing. The two separated halves of the connector casing are held in theproper relation, and the handle is brought into position and securedthere by the screw bolt. Assuming that the conductors have been properlyattached to the switch, the handle A can now be brought into theposition indicated and the parts be all permanently attached together bythe bolt M.

I have shown the parts in the position indicated, that is with thehandle bent with reference to the handle rod, though, of course, the twoparts might be straight and in alinement'with each other.

I have described my device as a vacuum cleaner handle and it is for thisurpose that I intend to use it, but it could lie used as a handle withany device where such a handle is required, and it is particularlyadapted for any device where an electric motor is rod.

I claim:

1. A handle comprising an elongated solid handle rod, a cylindricalhollow casing mounted on and surrounding the end of the handle rod, anelectric switch contained within said casing having operating partswhich project therethrough, and a grip mounted on or at the bottom ofthe handle mounted on said casing pro ecting forward and rigidlyattached thereto, said grip being inclined to the handle ,rod.

A handle comprising-an elongated solid handle rod, a cylindrical hollowcasing mounted on and surrounding the end of the I handle rod, anelectric switch contained within said casing having operating partswhich project therethrough, and a grip mounted on said casing projectingforward and rigidly attached thereto; said grip being inclined'to thehandle rod, said casing.

having a curved elbow-like extension to which the handle grip isattached.

4. A handle comprising an elongated solid handle rod; a cylindricalhollow casing mounted on'and surrounding the end of the nieaeee handlerod, anelectric switch "contained within said casing havingoperatingparts which project therethrough, and a grip mounted on said casinprojecting forward Y and rigidly attached t lereto, said rip beinginclined to the handle rod, sai casing having a curved elbow-likeextension from which projects a lug surrounded by the handle grip and towhich the handle grip is attached.

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signa-' ture in the presence of twowitnesses this 8th day of Noyember, 1913.

GEORGE CLEMENTS.

Witnesses MINNIE M. LINDENAU, Minnie SUNorAn.

